HOMER Pro 3.15
This section lists sources of information that you might find helpful in learning about micropower systems and running HOMER.
Renewable and Micropower Systems
•Gilbert M. Masters, Renewable and Efficient Electric Power Systems (Wiley-IEEE Press 2004), ISBN: 0471280607
•Anne-Marie Borbely and Jan F. Kreider, Distributed Generation: The Power Paradigm for the New Millennium (CRC Press, 2001), ISBN: 0849300746
Solar Resource
•John A. Duffie and William A. Beckman, Chapters 1 and 2 in Solar Engineering of Thermal Processes, 2nd edition (New York: Wiley, 1991), ISBN: 0471510564
Wind Resource
•The Danish Wind Industry Association's website, www.windpower.org, is an excellent and multilingual source of information on the wind resource, wind turbine technology, economics, and more.
•James F. Manwell, Jon G. McGowan, and Anthony L. Rogers, Chapter 2 in Wind Energy Explained (New York: Wiley, 2002), ISBN: 0471499722
Biomass Resource
•Peter McKendry, "Energy production from biomass (part 1): overview of biomass," in Bioresource Technology 83 (2002a), 37-46
Biomass Power
•Peter McKendry, "Energy production from biomass (part 2): conversion technologies," Bioresource Technology 83 (2002b), 47-54
Hydro Power
•Oliver Paish, "Small hydro power: technology and current status," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 6 (2002), 537-556 is a helpful introduction to small hydro power.
•The Microhydro website, www.microhydropower.net, is a useful website on all things microhydro.
• VA Tech Hydro, www.compact-hydro.com, has useful calculation tools.
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